KS1 & KS2 science curriculum

This unit builds on pupils' prior learning from What plants do and what they need, where they explored the functions of different plant parts and how plants grow and survive. In Reproduction and life cycles: plants, pupils will learn how plants reproduce and go through life cycles, from seed to mature plant. This prepares them for the next unit, Evolution and inheritance, where they will explore how plants and other organisms evolve over time and pass on traits, deepening their understanding of biological changes across generations.

1. Asexual reproduction in plants
2. Plants from cuttings
3. Parts of a flowering plant and what they do
4. Pollinators (non-statutory)
5. Dangers to pollinators (non-statutory)
6. Selective breeding of plants (non-statutory)
7. Conservation of plants using seed banks (non-statutory)
8. Plant life cycles
9. Plant reproduction from cuttings

• Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants
• Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants
• Explore the part flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal